The company provides satellite services to leading Malaysian broadcasters, Direct-To-Home (DTH) platforms, and telecom operators.

In 1993, Malaysia's Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, called for the end of the Malaysian government's monopoly on communications services.

He believed that the creation of privately owned companies could better serve Malaysia's communications needs in the decades ahead.

company by Malaysian tycoon Ananda Krishnan, which was given the charter to develop Malaysia's first satellite communications system.

The satellites opened the door to reliable telephone and data transmission services to all of Malaysia, helping to strengthen the unity between the peninsula and the island portions of the nation.

They were the first in the 376 series to be fitted with gallium arsenide solar cells, which deliver 40 percent more payload power as compared to their silicon predecessors.

MEASAT 1 had five high-power transponders in Ku band for the direct-to-user service, powered by 112-watt traveling-wave tube amplifiers.

With help from Boeing Satellite Systems, MEASAT drift relocated MEASAT-1 from its 91.5°E orbital location, across the Indian Ocean to provide service to the African continent from 46°E.

It was launched on 23 June 2022 along with a satellite made by NSIL and Tata Play, GSAT-24 onboard Ariane 5 ECA+ flight VA257 from ELA-3, Centre Spatial Guyanais.